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Convert xPath to JSoup query

Does anyone know of an xPath to JSoup convertor? I get the following xPath from Chrome:

 //*[@id="docs"]/div[1]/h4/a

and would like to change it into a Jsoup query. The path contains an href I'm trying to reference.

Solution

  • This is very easy to convert manually.

    Something like this (not tested)

    document.select("#docs > div:eq(1) > h4 > a").attr("href");

    Documentation:

    http://jsoup.org/cookbook/extracting-data/selector-syntax

    Related question from comment

    Trying to get the href for the first result here: cbssports.com/info/search#q=fantasy%20tom%20brady

    Code

    Elements select = Jsoup.connect("http://solr.cbssports.com/solr/select/?q=fantasy%20tom%20brady")
        .get()
        .select("response > result > doc > str[name=url]");

for (Element element : select) {
    System.out.println(element.html());
}

    Result

    http://fantasynews.cbssports.com/fantasyfootball/players/playerpage/187741/tom-brady
http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/players/playerpage/187741/tom-brady
http://fantasynews.cbssports.com/fantasycollegefootball/players/playerpage/1825265/brady-lisoski
http://fantasynews.cbssports.com/fantasycollegefootball/players/playerpage/1766777/blake-brady
http://fantasynews.cbssports.com/fantasycollegefootball/players/playerpage/1851211/brady-foltz
http://fantasynews.cbssports.com/fantasycollegefootball/players/playerpage/1860955/brady-earnhardt
http://fantasynews.cbssports.com/fantasycollegefootball/players/playerpage/1673397/brady-amack

    Screenshot from Developer Console - grabbing urls

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